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TOPIC: Calvary Episcopal Church Trees_Reprise
http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees/browse_thread/thread/8bb5cb883f61dd5a?hl=en
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Date: Sat, Nov 1 2008 8:32 pm
From: James Parton


ENTS,
 
Yesterday on Halloween I visited the Calvary Episcopal Church Cemetery in Fletcher NC which has some really nice old trees. This is a follow-up visit to a trip I made earlier this year. During that trip I had three trees I could not id and during this return the trees still had leaves on them which will aid my identification of them. Two of them turned out to be really nice Maidenhair ( Gingko Biloba ) trees. The first one is the largest I have ever seen. The second is significantly smaller but still of good size. The third one was a tree with large semi-glossy leaves in which I cannot identify. 

Ginko

A nice Hickory was measured here as was the Dawn Redwood which as Will stated to me earlier in the year is smaller than the Biltmore redwood. The Biltmore Redwood is about 117 feet tall versus 101 for the Calvary redwood. The Hickory was identified as a Pignut by it's leaves and pear-shaped nut.
 
http://www.nativetreesociety.org/fieldtrips/north_carolina/calvary_church/calvary_episcopal_church.htm
 
http://www.nativetreesociety.org/fieldtrips/north_carolina/biltmore/ents_gathering_biltmore_estate.htm
 
 
Gingko                 11' 1 3/4" cbh      80.69 feet tall
 
Dawn Redwood                              101. 83 feet tall
 
Pignut Hickory      8' 8 1/3"  cbh      87.68 feet tall
 
 
The picture of the Gingko was taken on the spring trip earlier this year.
 

James Parton

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TOPIC: Calvary Episcopal Church Trees_Reprise
http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees/browse_thread/thread/8bb5cb883f61dd5a?hl=en
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Date: Tues, Nov 4 2008 12:57 am
From: James Parton


ENTS,

To add. The big Gingko tree was female! While examining the tree I
found what at first I thought were persimmons near it and was
wondering where the persimmon tree was, then it hit me, this was the
fruit of the gingko tree. It was affirmed by the strong smell of the
fruit and the large seed within. I collected some of the fruit for the
seed and will give them to my dad to plant. Most of the trees that are
planted are male since many people don't like the smelly messy fruit.
I guess " Maidenhair " tree really fits this tree since it is female.
The second gingko tree was male.

James.

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TOPIC: Calvary Episcopal Church Ginkgo
http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees/browse_thread/thread/8bb5cb883f61dd5a?hl=en
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Date: Tues, Nov 11 2008 2:23 pm
From: James Parton


ENTS,

I have just uploaded a picture to the file page of brilliant
Maidenhair ( Ginkgo ) leaves with Willow Oak leaves. The ground under
the male tree was covered in brilliant yellow leaves mixed with the
leaves from a nearby Willow Oak. Another male tree which I just
noticed is on the other side of the churchyard. The big female Ginkgo
tree still has almost all of it's leaves and they are just now really
turning. The picture makes a really good computer background
wallpaper. Feel free to download it and use it as a background if you
wish.

James P.